Exercises for Moms on the Go

Several months after having a baby you're feeling the need to lose the additional weight and have no idea how to do it. Sitting down and eating a proper meal only happens every so often and taking half an hour out of the day to work out seems impossible. There is a way for you to fit some exercise into your day but it's not in the traditional gym setting. Try adding these exercises into your daily routine to help tone muscles without taking time away from other activities.

Biceps Curl/ Reverse Grip Triceps Push Down Combo

Though the traditional biceps curl uses dumbbells or bars it's not necessary especially if you're a mom on the go. For example; your weekly outing to the grocery store offers a golden opportunity to tone your arms. While carrying the grocery bags simply curl the bags by pulling them up towards the shoulders. Once you've reached the top of your curl bring your arms down until they are fully extended adding a squeeze to your triceps. Concentrate on your biceps on the upward motion and your triceps on the downward motion.

Lunges

Lunges are a great exercise to tone the entire leg and can be done throughout the house while doing your everyday activities. Incorporate this exercise into your day by lunging from one room to another. Lunge with one foot forward and lower the body until the back knee is nearly touching the floor. The exercise can be done in short and long lunges to emphasize either your rear end or your legs. Once you get the hang of the lunges add this exercise to your bicep curl/ triceps push down combo. While in the lowered position of the lunge add the arm exercises to help tone legs and arms at the same time. After lowering your arms bring your body back to the original standing position and alternate lunges up to the house.

Abdominal Vacuum

After having a baby one of the biggest complaints is getting the pre-baby waist back. Though your nutritional program is the main proponent to re-claim your waist size it's important to strengthen your abdominal muscles due to the stress it's been under. For now, don't worry about your "six pack" but the abdominal muscles underneath. You're transverse abdominis helps provide support for your spinal cord and alleviates lower back pains which may have been caused due to pregnancy.

An exercise to train these muscles is the abdominal vacuum. Simply pull the navel into the spine and hold this position. As time goes on you'll be able to perform this for longer periods. The beauty of this exercise is that it can be performed sitting, standing, kneeling or laying. This versatility allows you to do vacuums while playing with your kids on the floor or while your driving in your car.

Source: experience
Source: ExRx.net

***White is a Certified Personal Trainer and not a doctor. Please seek the counsel of a medical physician before beginning any training program.